When the exhausted troops of the fifth brigade heard that the King of Han was coming, their spirits immediately lifted.
These soldiers all knew that the King of Han had a god-level backer like Zhuge Wuhou. The King of Han was a great god and could easily defeat his opponent.
Zhao Bingyan's eyes swept across the two-kilometer-wide battlefield in front, and he immediately ordered the laying of mines to block the road.
He shouted while inspecting, and when the brothers were not paying attention, he released hundreds of anti-tank mines from the space. He told Zhou Yu to bury them where the elephants can walk most conveniently, and add a long board to mark the mines. Convenient for elephant stampedes and post-war cleanup.
The brothers understood instantly and immediately followed suit.
As soon as the mines were laid, the elephant soldiers of Annan Army were dispatched, and hundreds of elephants started running with their long trunks shaking.
Zhao Bingyan yelled at the artillerymen to load Type B ammunition.
Type B bombs are incendiary bombs, and Type A are high-explosive bombs.
Elephants are most afraid of fire, so incendiary bombs should be more effective than high-explosive bombs.
Seeing the elephant soldiers running and getting closer and closer, Liu Shiyong asked Zhao Bingyan to go to the back.
What did he say he was afraid of? I want to see how powerful the elephant soldiers are.
Soon, Annan's elephant soldiers stepped on a mine.
Don't be obedient, this kind of mine that explodes tanks is very effective in destroying elephants. When the soldiers saw an elephant being blown into a rain of meat, they were so surprised that they opened their mouths wide and forgot to cheer.
Then one elephant after another was blown over, and the brothers of the Guards opened fire and cheered in unison.
Just yesterday, they were bullied to death by elephants, fighting like ants.
Zhao Bingyan saw that there were still many elephants crossing the minefield and immediately ordered the gunfire.
The mortars quickly fired a wall of burning | shell fire in front of the position. Some elephants were hit just in time, and their whole bodies were on fire. They made strange roars, turned around and ran back crazily.
Although the elephant is a beast, it is not stupid. When it sees the wall of fire, it turns around and runs wildly, no longer listening to the instructions of the elephant trainer.
The elephant running back hit and trampled the Annan soldiers wantonly, and the camp on the opposite side suddenly started to howl like ghosts and wolves, and the generals watched with amusement.
Zhao Bingyan said that we should retreat and go back to have a rest.
The enemy must be busy enough.
The team retreated one after another.
Zhao Bingyan came to the newly built sniper position. There was a huge flat earth bag in the middle of a wide canyon. It was probably a river in the early days, and the earth bag was a small alluvial islet in the middle, which just divided the canyon into two channels.
However, the passage on the left is full of large and small rocks. To pass, the group can only go through the valley on the right, which is less than two kilometers.
Liu Shiyong has arranged for manpower to dig trenches in sections for defense.
Zhao Bingyan ordered all the artillery to be concentrated. The king would personally command the artillery, and everyone who had touched the artillery came to operate the artillery.
He walked up to the earthbag and asked Zhuge Immortal to show his spirit. The pollen spirit agreed very helpfully and quickly released ten 107 rocket launchers and countless shells.
In order to prevent Thang Long's enemies from coming out for reinforcements, he lined up the rocket launcher and mortar positions and divided them into two clusters.
In this way, if the enemy's back is encountered, the mortar can adjust its direction at any time to support shooting.
Zhao Bingyan asked Mosin, the commander of the artillery regiment of the fifth brigade, "Why don't you do a concentrated fire strike?"
Mohsin said the brigade commander disagreed.
Their front line is too long, they don't have many artillery shells, and they are not sure that concentrated fire strikes will be more effective. They won't have to worry when the King of Han comes.
Zhao Bingyan felt sad in his heart. These brothers were afraid that there would not be enough artillery shells.
He pointed at the mountains of artillery shells and told them to distribute them and watch our backs.
Mosin happily agreed
Zhao Bingyan came to the battle position of 107 Rocket Launcher and personally taught the soldiers to install the sports car, measure the shooting elements, and load the bomb.
His stomach growled, and Liu Shiyong brought him a self-heating meal. While he was eating, he asked: Have all the lunch boxes been disposed of?
Liu Shiyong asked him not to worry and burned them all. The brothers knew that the more lunch boxes were lost, the less Zhuge Daxian would send in the future.
He nodded and said, "Don't be afraid. The troops of the tiger ministers have come down, and the main force from the north will come over. Emperor Xiao Chen is already a piece of meat on our chopping board."
Liu Shiyong laughed happily, blaming himself for not playing well and calling the King of Han a joke.
He shook his head and patted Lao Liu on the shoulder.
In the afternoon, the enemy came up, densely packed like a military parade.
Liu Shiyong said that Annan's marshal and consort personally led the troops and attacked continuously like crazy, bullying me because of my small number.
Zhao Bingyan said with a smile: Seeing how open this open space was, the enemy was afraid that a large group of people would charge together, so he asked the brothers to dig the trench deeper.
The soldiers in the trenches were in a low position, and all they saw were densely packed heads. Some of the timid ones complained that Zhao Bingyan was not looking for death by taking them to a battlefield that was twice as wide as the front to defend the enemy.
Zhao Bingyan held up his telescope and kept measuring the distance. He would only fire when the enemy started running.
He told Mosin: "Let's divide the work. I will direct the 107 to strike from far away, and you will direct the mortars to strike from near to far. Don't let any enemy go."
Mosin immediately agreed and moved to guard the mortar position.
Zhao Bingyan shouted at position 107: Aim at three thousand meters, and then checked the soldiers' calculations and operations on shooting Zhu Yuan. After issuing the instructions one after another, he saw that the artillery's work was getting better and better.
At this time, he saw through the telescope the enemy's elephant team falling behind.
Haha, the enemy suffered heavy losses in the morning. This time they will use soldiers to clear the mines first to clear the way for the elephant soldiers.
The enemy had already launched a charge, and Zhao Bingyan ordered mortars to take the lead in intercepting and firing. The war between the two sides immediately became intense, and the enemy launched an attack regardless of the cost.
Seeing that the front line was reduced to a mess, the enemy gradually opened up three attack channels for the elephant soldiers.
Zhao Bingyan saw that the enemy's elephant team was dispatched and that the enemy's rear guard was about to enter the three-thousand-meter shooting range. He immediately ordered the three-thousand-meter aiming range, rapid fire, and release.
Ten Gate 107 immediately roared, and rockets | shells covered Annan's rear command tent and rear guard troops in minutes. As he issued group commands, the 107 rocket launchers struck at the enemy's grouping from far to near.
An Nanbing heard an earth-shattering noise behind him. He turned his head and saw smoke and a sea of fire behind him. He was so frightened that he retreated softly.
Mosin immediately commanded the mortar to attack head-on, gradually pressing forward.
Seeing that most of the enemy had been covered by artillery fire, Liu Shiyong shouted with satisfaction and ordered the charge horn to be sounded.
Zhao Bingyan realized that there was nothing left to explode, so he asked the five 107s to turn their guns back to guard against Shenglong, and the remaining ones started to fire freely.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for gunshots to be heard from the direction of Thang Long. It was the vigilant Guards who were fighting and retreating.
He observed carefully that the enemy's reinforcements were at least 10,000 and were running towards him.
Zhao Bingyan asked the artillerymen to self-study, measure the range, and immediately fire a volley after correcting the points, grabbing the enemy's buttocks and beating them. After several rounds of shooting, the Annan reinforcements marching in groups were no longer visible.
The fifth brigade launched a counter-charge and pushed all the way to Xianzi Pass to set up artillery fire and assist, and reached the pass within two sticks of incense.
Zhao Bingyan said: "The pass in Annan has been built so poorly that it is not called a pass at all."
Zhang Shijie laughed and said: "The King of Han is blaming us for not knowing how to use troops, for not being able to win such a simple pass."
Zhao Bingyan quickly waved his hand and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I mean that the gates they built are not as majestic as ours in the Song Dynasty."
Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and climbed up the damaged sill to the incomplete gate tower. They could see Thang Long City in the distance.
He said that the fifth brigade had done a good job in stopping the enemy, but the casualties were serious. They had to guard against the enemy troops coming back from the south, and they would not attack Thang Long next.
Liu Shiyong refused and asked to give the fifth brigade a chance to participate in the war.
Zhang Shijie also looked forward to saying good things for Liu Shiyong.
The fifth brigade was the first to see Thang Long City but could not participate in the battle to conquer this royal capital. No one was convinced.
He said: "Then go to the two battalions. After the city is broken, the brothers from the fifth brigade will be the first to enter the city and garrison the palace."
Zhang Shijie gave him a gift and thanked the King of Han for his love on behalf of his brothers in the fifth brigade.
Three days later, the main forces of Sun Huchen's brigade and Wang Bao arrived in Thang Long one after another. They saw that the encirclement of the Song Dynasty army was about to be formed in the city. It quickly divided and collapsed. Gangsters who smashed, smashed and looted appeared in many neighborhoods.
The gangster acted recklessly and suddenly became the boss of Thang Long City.
These thieves didn't pay for food and drink, so they just wiped their mouths clean and left. He would just go into the house to get something, and when he saw a woman, he would pull her into his arms and drag her to the street corner, pretexting that the imperial court was about to die and he wanted to play with it first.
For a time, the streets of Thang Long City were filled with the sounds of smashing and wailing.
Every family was so frightened that they hid their daughters.
